Genus: Cycnorhamphus SEELEY, 1870
Etymology: Greek, kyknos, "swan" and Greek, rhamphos, "beak";
in reference to the swan-like shape of its beak.
= Cycnorhynchus FREY, 2003 (sic)
= Cygnorhamphus SEELEY, 1870 (sic)
= Cynorhamphus ROMER, 1966 (sic)
Species: suevicus (QUENSTEDT 1855) SEELEY, 1870
Etymology: In honor of the Suevi, an old Germanic race.
= Pterodactylus suevicus QUENSTEDT 1855
= Cycnorhynchus suveicus FREY, 2003 (sic)
= Gallodactylus suevicus (QUENSTEDT, 1855) FABRE, 1974
= Pterodactylus württembergicus QUENSTEDT, 1854 (nomen oblitum) (incorrect
original spelling, sic)
= Pterodactylus wurttembergicus QUENSTEDT,
1854 emend Olshevsky, 1978 (nomen
oblitum)
= Pterodactylus wuerttembergicus QUENSTEDT, 1854 emend Olshevsky, 1978 (nomen
oblitum)
Holotype: Institut Museum fur Geologie und Palaontologie der Universitat Tubingen., GPIT 80 (example 53 of Wellnhofer, 1970)
Locality: Nusplingen, Baden-Wurttemberg State, Germany.
Horizon: Nusplinger Formation, Mal Zeta 1.
Biostratigraphy: Hybonoticeras hybonotum zone.
Age: Upper Tithonian Stage, Upper Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.
Material: Skull and skeleton.
From Seeley, 1901
From Seeley, 1901.
Referred material:
LYDEKKER, 1888
BMNH 37370x: Cast of type.
= Pterodactylus eurychirus WAGNER, 1858
Etymology: Greek eurys "broad, wide," and Greek, chirus, "widower."
= Pterodactylus (Ornithocephalus) eurychirus WAGNER, 1858
= Pterodactylus suevicus eurychirus (WAGNER, 1857) WELLENHOFER, 1970 pro WAGNER, 1858
= Ornithocephalus eurychirus (WAGNER, 1858) OLSHEVSKY, 1978Holotype:? (example 54 of Wellnhofer, 1970).
Locality: Eichstatt, Bayern (Bavaria) State, Germany.
Horizon: Solnhofen, Malm Zeta 2.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Upper Tithonian Stage, Upper Malm Epoch, Late Jurassic.
Material: Tibia, scapula, coracoid, and humerus.
Note: The specimen was lost during World War Two (Wellnhofer, 1970).
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